Gadgets and Video Games

Ah, Valentine’s Day, a celebration of obligation and over-priced prix fixe menus at restaurants. If you’re lucky, you can spend some time on the couch with someone you love and play some of these offline co-op games: ‘Splosion Man House of the Dead: Overkill (Critics called it “f*@king good.” Other critics called it “motherf*@king good.”) LittleBigPlanet Halo 3: ODST Resident Evil 5 Borderlands Fable II New Super Mario Bros. Wii Left 4 Dead 2 Got some more recommendations? Drop them after the break. What’s everyone playing this weekend?

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WRUP: Play with someone you love edition

As promised , Rockstar’s shadowy L.A. Noire has stepped out of the shadows and into the flashbulbs of a Game Informer cover. The magazine has a 10-page feature on the game, highlighting its facial animation and, oh yeah, the recreation of 1947 Los Angeles. Pick up a copy of the magazine for the details or we’re sure you can get the information from the dark alleyways of the internet.

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L.A. Noire gets unconfidential in Game Informer debut

“They” are, of course, CD Projekt, creators of The Witcher , and They is the mysterious first-person shooter we’ve seen clips of since the fall of 2007. The resources of original developer Metropolis Software (purchased by CD Projekt ) were moved off the game and onto the higher-priority Witcher sequel, according to a new interview with Big Download . If you irrationally fall in love with games before you barely know anything about them, take heart! CD Projekt co-founder Marcin Iwinski said, “we have by far not buried They , and we would really like to return to it.” They have put ‘They’ on hold originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Read

Filed under: Podcasts This week we welcome a special guest to the show, Justin Russo, who won his spot by helping out fellow JPAGger Wesley Johnson to get a dead guy’s gums grafted onto his own. But it’s not just a show about him, we’ve got tons of discussion about the new Assassin’s Creed, hug chat with Ken Levine, alleged Rockstar shadiness and Dark Void . Plus there’s Tip O’ The Week, Stump JC and all the usual garbage. Enjoy. Oh, and thanks to Mike Suszek for the unfunny but inexplicably popular photoshop.

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Joystiq Podcast 123 – 456 edition

Robomodo CEO David Michicich hinted that more software for the Tony Hawk: RIDE skateboard controller could be on its way. When asked if the developer had other ideas for the peripheral’s use outside of the skating genre in an interview with Develop , Michicich replied, “We’re doing a game with Activision and we’re not allowed to talk about it right now.” In June 2009, Robomodo president Joshua Tsui commented that the (probably going to be involved in its fair share of accidental injury lawsuits) peripheral could be used for a variety of software. “The obvious ones are snowboarding and surfing and such,” he told Videogamer . With a new entry into the Tony Hawk: RIDE franchise probably already in the planning stages, it appears the hardware will see new software to help lighten consumer guilt.

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Robomodo CEO hints at new software for RIDE peripheral

We understand Square Enix’s desire to branch out, but its latest move is just … it’s incomprehensible. To go from being the world’s premier developer of RPGs to creators of shower paraphernalia ? It makes no sense, but it’s what’s happening — according to a recent Famitsu article , Squeenix is now working on a new Luffa . This is uncharted territory for the company, but we can safely assume that it will be a very high quality Luffa, designed specifically for people with soft skin and outrageously spiky hair

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Square Enix announces new Lufia game, platforms unknown

We bet you didn’t know Bayonetta was a (numerically) flawless game. As it turns out, it is … at least according to Famitsu , which just gave the game a perfect 40/40 review — the first perfect score given to a game available on Xbox, incidentally

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Bayonetta is first Xbox 360 game awarded perfect score by Famitsu

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WRUP: PSP Go edition

According to USA Today , Activision and Infinity Ward have a new Modern Warfare 2 trailer debuting during Sunday Night Football . It’ll play sometime during the game between the San Diego Chargers and the Pittsburgh Steelers at 8PM ET (5PM PT). Your options: Watch the game live …

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New Modern Warfare 2 trailer during Sunday Night Football

We can’t be gaming all the time, despite our best efforts, and from time to time we’ll actually take advantage of the movie-playing abilities on our gaming systems. JBO features our top picks for XBL, PSN, Netflix’s Watch Instantly and Blu-ray each week. Joystiq Box Office has been away for a couple of weeks due to BlizzCon and other supernatural events, but we’re back with a vengeance for the PAX edition. Double up, pop some corn, and enjoy the three-day weekend. Recommendations of the Week: Mad Men: Season 3 – My Old Kentucky Home (PSN: $2.99 HD or $1.99 SD to own) If you haven’t been watching AMC’s Mad Men, then you’ve been missing out on the cultural phenomenon that’s making everyone wish they were living back in the early 1960s

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